Lewis
Wesley
Meador
Born about in Macon County, TN
Ancestors 
Son of Jonas Meador
and Clarissa (Watts) Meador
Brother of
Fleming M Meador, Susannah A Meador, Frances Meador, Ira M Meador, Asa Meador, Jonas Meador, Joseph Meador, Jobe Meador, Jesse Meador, John W. Meador and Joel Meador
Husband of
Lucinda (Cowden) Meador
— married
9 Feb 1837 in Sumner, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Father of
William Ervin Meadow and Isam Perry Meador
Died
at about age 53
in Allen County, Ky
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Aug 2014
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Biography
Parents Listed on some family records as J & C from Virginia.
Lewis Wesley Meador, b. abt 1817, TN, d. Apr 1870, Allen County, KY, m. Lucinda Cowden 9 Mar 1837, Sumner County, TN.
Children of Lewis and Lucinda:
- William Ervin Meadow (abt.1840-abt.1879) m. Matilda Ellen (Calvert) Meador (1845-1915)
- Jonathan Jason Meador, b. 3 Aug 1841, d. 3 Jan 1906, m. Elizabeth J. Bales/Bayless, 23 Nov 1860, Sumner County, TN. Both buried at Old Scottsville Cemetery, Allen County, KY (Note: One of J. J. Meador's sons was Charles Galon Meadors who is buried at Rocky Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, KY.)
- Matilda Meador
- Susan J. Meador, b. abt 1842/43
- James Carrol Meador, b. abt 1845
- Martha Meador, b. abt 1846/47
- Sarah E. Meador, b. abt 1847
- Cele H. Meador, b. abt 1850, d. 7 Aug 1878, age 26 years. She married a "Moody"
- Mary L. Meador, b. 7 Jan 1853 at Trammel, Allen County, KY
Lewis Wesley Meador m. 2nd to Martha. Her last name was either Wilson or Helson. After Lewis died Martha possibly married a Heath. Martha was known as "Mattie" in our family
Lewis and Martha's children:
- Melissa A. Meador
- Isam Perry Meador (1868-1957)
Sources
- "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z9-NW8J : Fri Oct 20 05:31:14 UTC 2023), Entry for Lewis N Meadors and Lucinda M Condon Or Cowdon, 09 Feb 1837.
- "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M655-GMJ : Thu Oct 05 00:50:28 UTC 2023), Entry for L W Meadow and L M Meadow, 1850.
- "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBT-GT5 : Fri Oct 06 19:39:46 UTC 2023), Entry for Lewis W Meadow and Lucinda Meadow, 1860.
- Lewis Wesley Meador at FamilySearch
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- Grant Meadors
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R1b1a2a1a1b, FTDNA kit #125381, MitoYDNA ID T16163 [compare] - Oscar Meadows :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-L21, FTDNA kit #94428
- Justin Mills :
Y-Chromosome Test 780 markers, haplogroup R-BY39033, MitoYDNA ID Z10542 [compare]
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~3.12%
Lance Fallin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A943651 [compare], Ancestry member ltfallin
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~1.56%
Cheryle Meador :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Louis Richardson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WJ9630791 [compare], Ancestry member RichardsonTipton59
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~0.78%
Barb (Black) Neils :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A445394 [compare]
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~0.78%
Carol (Pierce) McKenzie :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XR9831039 [compare]
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